Cyndi lauper biography book

  • Legendary and iconic singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper offers a poignant account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar.
  • Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
  • An unwavering advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality, Cyndi created the True Colors Tour in 2007 and founded the True Colors Fund.

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    Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir

    February 1, 2024
    I was extremely lucky to hear Cyndi Lauper live in 1989 in Chile, at the national stadium. I dragged my cousin to see her, and we waited for like three hours for it to start but I don't regret a thing. It was in the 'galusha', so I saw almost nothing, but the energy was incredible; and I probably ended up hoarse.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEABI...

    She has undoubtedly been one of the most influential artists of our generation, in the way she dresses and in the way she makes music.

    Cyndi Lauper's biography is handled as if it were a radio interview or rather like she was talking to you in a everyday converstion. She talks about her life, and at several points she rambles, jumping from one topic to another, which is a little difficult to follow at first. Like most great artists, her life was difficult (I have yet to meet anyone famous whose life was honey and roses), born in Queens to a family she describes as lower middle class; however

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    Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir

    Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir CHAPTER ONE
    I LEFT HOME AT seventeen. I took a paper bag with a toothbrush, a change of underwear, an apple, and a copy of Yoko Ono’s book Grapefruit. Grapefruit had become my window for viewing life through art. My program was to take the train to the Long Island Rail Road and then a bus to Valley Stream. I had left dinner in the oven for my brother, Butch, who was fem years younger than me. He was the reason I stayed so long. But things were just getting worse for me. This situation with my stepfather was impossible.

    At the time, my mother worked as a waitress—five days a week, sometimes six, and it was a fourteen-hour day. My mom knew what was going on, but we got by; we had a system. I’d come home from school, go to my bedroom, and lock the door. She thought we could kind of live around my stepfather until she got on her feet a little more. My sister had left home already. She was living in Valley Stream with her friend Wha. She and

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    Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir (A Bestselling Musician Memoir) (Paperback)

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    By Cyndi Lauper, Jancee Dunn (With)

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    Legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and activist Cyndi Lauper offers a personal account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar in this “moving story of an American musical original” (Kirkus Reviews).

    Icon Cyndi Lauper offers a poignant account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar—from her years growing up in Queens, New York, to the making of enduring hits like “Time After Time,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” and &

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